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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7610399 | Enhanced channel access mechanisms for an HPNA network A method and a system is disclosed for providing access to a communications medium that is suitable for allowing use of a plurality of Home Phoneline Network Association (HPNA) v2 frames. A sequence of blocking frames is transmitted on the communications medium, suc... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7564805 | Systems, methods, and device for simulating capacity in a network Certain exemplary embodiments can include, but are not limited to, a method that can include, but is not limited to, a plurality of activities, that can include, but are not limited to: via a capacity planning simulation, for a circuit affected by a failure scenario... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7562386 | Multipoint server for providing secure, scaleable connections between a plurality of network devices A method and system for implementing secure communications between a plurality of devices are provided. The method and system generally include the provision of at least one common encryption parameter to each of the plurality of devices, as well as an identificatio... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7555691 | Apparatus and method for providing near-optimal representations over redundant dictionaries Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising a plurality of activities, comprising: automatically: receiving a signal; and via a plurality of iterations, determining, for the received signal, a provable near-optimal B-term representation formed from a l... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7551553 | Method and apparatus for restoring a network A method and apparatus for restoring communications in a network. The network includes a plurality of nodes, with each pair of nodes connected by a link, and with each link having information channels and restoration channels. An idle signal is sent on each restorat... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7546039 | Systems, devices, and methods for controlling outage probabilities Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method that can comprise, responsive to an instruction to change a setting of a polarization controller, automatically changing a first rotational speed of a birefringent plate associated with the polarization controller to o... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7536595 | Systems, devices, and methods for initiating recovery Certain exemplary embodiments comprise method that can comprise receiving information indicative of a fault from a monitor associated a network. The method can comprise, responsive to the information indicative of the fault, automatically determining a probability o... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7533145 | System and method for providing enhanced persistent communications A system and method for providing persistent communications between users is disclosed whereby users can communicate in a real time fashion and/or in an offline or asynchronous manner within a persistent communications session without having to initiate a new sessio... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7508814 | Electronic loop provisioning methods and systems Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method, comprising: receiving, at a subscriber interface line card, an analog signal from a POTS subscriber loop circuit; quantizing the analog signal into a plurality of digital samples; encoding, via high-quality audio codec... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7508769 | Consistent sampling for network traffic measurement Traffic measurement should make it possible to obtain the spatial flow of traffic through the domain, i.e., the paths or trajectories followed by packets between any ingress and egress point of the domain. A method of sampling packet trajectories in a packet switchi... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7508753 | Packet redirection and message stream management A stream manager provides a way of redirecting and managing messaging and information access in a packet network environment. The stream manager is linked to a packet network, such as the Internet. The stream manager receives over the packet network a message from a... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7490014 | Distributed graph layout for sensor node networks Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method, comprising: in a sensor node network comprising a plurality of sensor nodes, each sensor node from the plurality of sensor nodes having location coordinates that are initially unknown, each sensor node from the plural... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7486186 | FSOC/radio intrusion detection system Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising sensing an intruder within a predetermined vicinity of a Free Space Optical Communication (FSOC) system; and reducing an emitted power of the FSOC system. Certain exemplary embodiments provide a system compri... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7471686 | H.323 user, service and service provider mobility framework for the multimedia intelligent networking The present invention provides a method and system for assuring H.323 alias address portability to an H.323 user in real-time H.323 multimedia communications where the H.323 user is registered with a home gatekeeper for the home zone of the H.323 user. Alias address... | 12/30/2008 |
